---
type: "Bill"
title: "state veterans' homes"
description: "state veterans' homes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "54th-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2487"
citation: "Arizona HB 2487 (54th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' SERVICES", "STATE GOVERNMENT - TITLE 41", "VETERANS", "VETERANS HOME FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jay Lawrence"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de72c67a-36ec-40a1-af94-83992cc482fb"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71629?SessionId=121"
source_hash: "0767250f37c2b42292deda6bc581bc120e9def592727b8bb38bfb5de6944fc52"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-az"]
---

# Arizona HB 2487 (54th-1st-regular) — state veterans' homes

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chaptered Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/laws/0078.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2487H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/HB2487P.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **52–7** (pass) · lower
- do pass — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **28–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jay Lawrence — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-30** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-11** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-31** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-27** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-18** house placed on consent calendar
- **2019-03-05** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2019-03-13** dp `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-04** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-25** dp `passage`
- **2019-02-28** transmit to senate
- **2019-04-04** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-04** transmit to house
- **2019-04-08** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-11** signed by governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de72c67a-36ec-40a1-af94-83992cc482fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).